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No. 33

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The White Review No. 33 features interviews with writer Siri Hustvedt and feminist scholar Sara Ahmed. The issue includes new fiction by Gina Apostol,...

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The White Review Poet’s Prize 2023
For the first time this year, The White Review Poet’s Prize was open to poets based anywhere in the world. Last month we announced a shortlist of eight poets. ...

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Devyn Defoe
Devyn Defoe received an MFA from Columbia University and is writing a novel. Her work has previously appeared in Tin House and the artist book Girls In Trees. 'The Lovers' was shortlisted for the 2017 White Review Short Story Prize (US & Canada).


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The Lovers

Prize Entry

April 2017

Devyn Defoe

Prize Entry

April 2017

Everyone who asks questions, asks in some way about love. The question is one half, the answer the other. If you separate the Lovers...

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